Chapter 145 Ancient Farmer (2) (1/2)

Chapter 145 Ancient Farmer (2) (1/2)

Thanks to the help of the matchmaker who was afraid that the marriage would go wrong, the news that Li Lanlan was going to marry a scholar from the Lin family spread throughout the village the next day.

To say that the news spread quickly, a large part of it was because the Lin family and the Li family were not in good condition.

Although Lin Shiheng is a scholar, he has no ability to tie a chicken, and he has never been seen on the ground. It was okay to have two brothers to take care of him before, but now the family has been divided, and he still brings two old people with him. Marrying one is not living a happy life. , that is to serve the family as coolies.

Not to mention Li Lanlan, she is good-looking, hard-working and capable, and she can't help but have a stupid father.

People in the village are suffering these days, and they only think about saving money. It would be better for Li's father to use it to do good deeds whenever he has money. If he marries Li Lanlan, such an in-law will definitely not be able to help. Maybe She will also rely on her husband's family.

These two people are not in good condition, but they both have a good appearance, which makes the villagers who have children of school age at home very vigilant. On weekdays, they are repeatedly told not to get close to Lin Shiheng and Li Lanlan at home, lest the young people will not come close to them. Sensible, coaxed away by superficial appearance.

No one expected that the two people who were secretly disliked by the villagers would actually become a couple.

The elders in the village think this is good. If they are together, their children will no longer get together, but many of the younger generation are unhappy.

The worries of the elders are not unreasonable. Most of the younger generation are not as far-sighted as their elders, have not experienced the burden of family, and think more idealistically. Li Lanlan is not bad, although she is good-looking, good at work, and has a cheerful temperament. , but that dad really tried to persuade me to quit.

Lin Shiheng was very different. He had a good life, and he looked like a fair scholar on weekdays. Even when he walked, he had a certain demeanor. He was completely different from those who did farm work in the village. He was still a scholar.

Although he didn't pass the examination, isn't he only twenty-two years old? What is there to be afraid of when things get tough now? If he passes the exam, will he still have to worry about money?

There are quite a few girls who have this idea, but unfortunately they are suppressed by their family members. They are naive, but their elders are not naive. So is it a joke to support two sixty-year-old men? Maybe Lin Shiheng has no money to study at all. For a girl's family, getting married is a lifelong matter, and you can't change it no matter how regretful it is. Instead of placing their hopes on the illusory wife who will be elected, the elders prefer the one with more land at home. people.

There are many girls in the village who are favored, but most of them are no more favored than the men in the family. They dare not resist their elders. Even if they like Lin Shiheng very much, they only dare to shyly hide aside and watch when he comes out. .

Now that they knew he was engaged, the girls in the village who liked Lin Shiheng were all confused.

If you have a good temper and are easy-going, you can just wipe away a few tears. But for some people with a bad temper, your mentality is not very straight.

The Li family has no mistress, and Li's father is unable to carry anything. Of course, no one in the family prepares clothes for Li Lanlan, a girl who is about to get married. Although no matter how poor the family in the village is, every daughter must buy new clothes when she gets married.

Since Li's mother passed away, Li Lanlan has been the housekeeper of the Li family, so she also knows that the family can't afford to make new clothes for herself. In addition, Li's father doesn't know where he went to do good deeds. After eating enough, according to common sense, Li Lanlan, who was engaged and wanted to take care of her skin at home, could only go out to work.

As soon as she went out, she happened to meet a girl in the village who had always liked Lin Shiheng.

This girl is called Zhou Daya, which is a very common name, but she is quite handsome. Because there are many brothers in the family, she and her sisters are lucky enough not to have to work in the fields, so they are relatively fair and tender. They have always been I feel that I am different from a girl like Li Lanlan who wants to go to the ground, and she is more noble.

In the end, the noble woman couldn't marry Lin Shiheng, but it was good for Li Lanlan to get this one.

Zhou Daya didn't cry like some girls who really like Lin Shiheng. She was more angry. Angry at her family's lack of foresight. Just because the Lin family's situation was not good now, they stopped her from marrying her. She was also angry at Lin Shiheng's lack of foresight. When she took the initiative to propose marriage, the biggest annoyance was that the position she had been asking for was taken by Li Lanlan, an old woman who had no mother and had a miserable life, but whom she had secretly and condescendingly commented on many times.

Because Li Lanlan is good-looking, Zhou Daya, who thinks she is a beauty, has never liked her very much. Seeing that Li Lanlan is not married yet at the age of eighteen, she feels very happy. After talking behind her back so many times, she actually gets married. Lin Xiucai, who has never been able to marry as she wished.

She was so angry that she didn't sleep well all night. When she woke up the next morning and saw Li Lanlan going to do farm work, she immediately felt that there was nothing wrong with her.

Zhou Daya herself was not happy, and she didn't want Li Lanlan who had taken her place to feel happy, so she turned her back to Li Lanlan without any hesitation, pretending that she didn't see her coming, and pulled her little sister and started laughing loudly.

"Have you heard that the Lin family is going to marry Li Lanlan? She is really unlucky. Last night, my mother was still saying at the dinner table that the two elders of the Lin family can't work and are still ill. Lin Xiucai is a scholar, let alone If you marry, you will be a ready-made mother to serve the family. "

The little sister was immersed in her work and didn't see Li Lanlan. When she heard Zhou Daya mention this topic, she took advantage of the situation and followed with interest while doing her work: "No, my mother also said that the Lin family is just a superficial person. This requires a scholar. , and they have to support a patient and their parents, no matter how big their family is, they can lose it, let alone they don’t have any. "

She was so cooperative, Zhou Daya became even more enthusiastic: "Also, Lin Xiucai basically doesn't walk around the village. When he was in glory, his mother said that Lin Xiucai wanted to marry a city man. Tell me, now at home, It’s difficult, he married Li Lanlan, can he like her?”

Li Lanlan wasn't too sad after hearing what they said. She had already thought about this very thoroughly after she knew that Li's father had promised her to the Lin family. According to her own ideas, the Lin family was definitely not a good place to go, but her thoughts didn't matter. Yes, her parents had ordered her to be a matchmaker, and her biological father had promised her out. If she didn't agree, it would be unfilial. If this reputation spread, she might never be able to get married in this life.

Anyway, she had already thought about it. After getting married, if the people there were willing to give her a bite of food, she would take care of them. If her life was not good and she married someone wrong, she would go to the river and jump in.

Anyway, my mother is dead, and my father doesn’t care about her. It’s better to die early than to be bullied for the rest of my life.

Because she had been prepared for it, Li Lanlan didn't even bother to get angry. She glanced at Zhou Daya and passed by the two of them carrying farm tools on her back.

Her appearance made Zhou Daya, who wanted to see Li Lanlan collapse and cry, angry again. He stood up and looked at Li Lanlan's back bitterly, "Why are you so proud? I really thought that marrying Lin Xiucai would lead to a happy life in the future."

Zhou Daya's little sister looked a little embarrassed when she saw Li Lanlan passing by. After all, she was talking behind her back. Now seeing the indignant look on her sister's face, she couldn't help but tug on Zhou Daya's sleeve: "Daya, please stop talking. Nothing happened to her."

"It's not bad yet. You haven't seen her looking down on others. Just wait and see. Lin Xiucai is different from the men in our village. He has high eyesight. Li Lanlan is a country girl. Lin Xiucai will definitely look down on her. I fell in love with her and married her just to do farm work.”

"Hey! Stop talking. You're just saying this even before you're married. You're not afraid of people scolding you for being shameless."

Zhou Daya was really a little scared. She was at the age where she was planning to get married. It would definitely not be good if people saw her as an unmarried girl making irresponsible remarks.

So no matter how unwilling she was in her heart, she could only sit down and work with hatred, but she still refused to give up and lowered her banknotes and muttered: "Li Lanlan will definitely not have a good life when she marries him. Maybe she will be married to her at some time. Hugh went home."

Zhou Daya recited it persistently all morning, as if cursing Li Lanlan like this would make her rich.

The other people in the village were similar to her. Although they had no grudge against Li Lanlan, most of them were not optimistic about the marriage. The specific reasons were similar to what Zhou Daya said.

Lin Xiucai doesn't go out often, but as soon as he steps out, anyone with long eyes can see that he is completely different from the people in the village. Moreover, before the Lin family was separated, Mother Lin never concealed that her son wanted to be admitted to the Juren Examination. Marrying a girl from the city. Now that the Lin family is seeing a hard time, he may want to marry Li Lanlan just to do farm work.

There is only one scholar in Lijia Village, but there are many people in the village who are related to other villages, and they probably all know some gossip.

For example, there was also a scholar in Wangjiacun. That was twenty years ago. Wang Xiucai was the same as Lin Shiheng. He failed the exams many times. He spent money studying and was not good at housework. Gradually, Wang Xiucai's family showed signs of decline. .

So he married a woman back. This woman thought she was going to be a scholar, but she ended up marrying to serve a family. Wang Xiucai knew nothing but studying. Wang Xiucai had no father, and his mother was a disgrace. Those who have sex with their daughter-in-law often tease her. Now twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye. The lady is as old as an old woman. It is said that she has to complain every time she goes back to her parents' home. It is not to mention how miserable her life is.

In the eyes of the villagers, Lin Xiucai is the second best Wang Xiucai.

He is still worse than Wang Xiucai. At any rate, Wang Xiucai's family does not have a father who cannot do farm work and is very sick and needs medicine to support him.

Li Lanlan, with the disapproval of the villagers, waited silently until the day they agreed to get married.

Father Li, who does good deeds everywhere, did not go out to do good deeds on this day. He stayed at home peacefully, waiting for the Lin family to come and take away his daughter.

When a daughter gets married, the father at home has to say a few words about his plans for his daughter, or pull his son-in-law to tell him to treat his daughter well. Only Father Lin was very unusual. He pulled his daughter and told Li Lanlan to let her go. In order to take good care of the Lin family, he didn't say a word about the rest.

Li Lanlan had long been chilled by her father's attitude, but she wasn't disappointed at all. She didn't wear any new clothes, but covered her head with a red hijab, just as if she was wearing wedding clothes.

Even though it was a wedding, neither family could afford it, so it was just the man coming to take the woman away, and then the woman's family went to the man's house for a meal, which couldn't even be called simple.

Here, Li Lanlan was sitting in the room with her head covered, waiting. Lin Shiheng was led over by the matchmaker.

He was dressed very smartly today, and with his good looks, he attracted the attention of many little girls along the way. Unfortunately, Li Lanlan couldn't see it with her hijab. She was waiting for the matchmaker to call out that the groom could pull the red flowers. She knew that the person who came in was her future husband.

A red flower made of rough red cloth was stuffed into her hand by the matchmaker, and the other end was held in Lin Shiheng's hand. The matchmaker thought about the gift of thanks to the matchmaker that was about to arrive in her hand, and she smiled as festively as she could, with a sharp smile. She shouted loudly, but there were only a few scattered villagers watching the excitement, but she shouted out like a large crowd outside: "The groom is bringing the bride home -"

According to the tradition in the village, when a girl gets married, the male member of the family should carry her from the door to the big tree at the entrance of the village, and then she can follow her husband home.

A newlywed couple walked to the door. Father Li was watching with a smile and was about to step forward to carry his daughter. Suddenly a child squeezed out from the crowd of spectators and shouted hurriedly: "Uncle Li, I Grandma fell. Could you please take my grandma to the town to see a doctor?"

A group of spectators suddenly burst into an uproar.

On a happy day, people come here to find the bride's father to do other things. Why is this child so ignorant?

"What?! Did you fall? I'm going!"

The joy on Li's father's face disappeared in an instant, and he turned around to leave. Li Lanlan, who was already anxious about getting married, stopped and her face turned pale under the red hijab.

"father!!"

She stopped her father and said, "I am getting married today. Even if you want to go, why do you have to carry me under the tree?"

Father Li looked back at his daughter hesitantly, and said hesitantly: "Lan Lan, this is a life-saving matter..."

Li Lanlan's face turned even paler under the hijab.

When a woman gets married without a man carrying her under the tree, that is something only an impoverished family can do. If Father Li were to leave today, she, a woman who did not carry her under the tree, would be unknown in the eyes of many villagers.

This is a major event that can affect her life!

She was despairing when she suddenly heard Lin Shiheng, who had been quiet beside her, speak, "Father-in-law, anyone can take this child's grandma to see a doctor, but Lan Lan only has you as her father."

Some of the villagers who were watching the excitement were kind-hearted and thought about taking people to the town for medical treatment. It was not far away, so they simply said: "Yes, the Li family is having a wedding. It is not appropriate to leave at this time. I happen to be free, so I will take the doctor." Go ahead.”

"no!!"

The child's face immediately changed. If someone took him to see a doctor, he would definitely not help pay for the medical expenses. He looked at Father Li persistently and began to play the emotional card: "My grandma is so sick that she is delirious. Who will beat me? Uncle Li." He is a good man. She trusts Uncle Li. Uncle Li, please help us. My mother is crying at home. "

Father Li immediately thought of the child's mother, who was a young widow. What a pitiful woman. She lost her husband long ago and had to support her mother-in-law alone, and she also had to take care of a child. She must be very helpless now if something happens.

He immediately stopped hesitating and hurriedly said to his daughter: "Dad, go rescue people first, and we'll talk about other things when you come back."

Then, he followed the child and left his daughter's wedding.

Li Lanlan was trembling all over, not knowing whether she was angry or sad.

There is only one man in the family, Father Li, and there is no one to carry her to the tree. She is the bride who cannot be blessed. If something happens to her husband's family in the future, it will be blamed on her.

Her biological father ruined his daughter's life so easily.

Once is not enough, do it again.

Li Lanlan could hear someone talking outside, it was Zhou Daya's familiar voice. Although it was concealed, the gloating in it was still very obvious.

"What can we do! How can Li Lanlan get married when no one is carrying her out? Oh! If she just marries Lin Xiucai, she won't bring trouble to the Lin family in the future!"

Zhou Daya knew there was someone nearby and she should restrain herself, but she couldn't help it. When she saw Lin Shiheng, who was dressed more beautifully today, the anger in her heart couldn't help but come out.

If it weren't for Li Lanlan, such a good-looking scholar husband would be hers.

But it doesn't matter, Li Lanlan's biological father is so good at what he does, he won't look good in any family. Lin Xiucai looks like a good-looking person at first glance, and maybe he won't marry him out of anger.

The more Zhou Daya thought about it, the happier she became.

As a result, the happiness on her face froze in the next second.

Lin Shiheng, who was standing at the door of Li's house, walked up to Li Lanlan and squatted down with his back to her.

"Come up, I'll carry you."

Li Lanlan was in a trance when she heard these words.

It took her a second to react. Knowing that this was her only chance, Li Lanlan didn't care about anything else. She bit her lip and groped her way onto her future husband's back.

Lin Shiheng stepped out and started to walk forward. The matchmaker who had already been embarrassed because of Li's father's exit became happy and hurried to the front to liven up the atmosphere.

"Come on! The bride is going out! If you step on the first step, she will give birth to a baby, and if you step on the second step..."

Li Lanlan could no longer hear what the matchmaker was saying. She lay on Lin Shiheng's back, feeling the muscles on her body moving as he walked forward.

She was thinking miscellaneously:

He was not as thin as expected. On the contrary, he was quite strong and strong, and he didn't even shake much when he was carrying her.

His voice is also very nice, different from the way people in the village talk, with a gentleness of a scholar.

He seemed to be different from what others said. Although she didn't see him, she could feel that he didn't mean to look down on her.

Li Lanlan was a little nervous, but also a little cautious and hugged her future husband tightly with both hands. She was a little happy, but also a little nervous, thinking that maybe her future life would not be as bad as she thought before.

With the matchmaker's earnest shouts of joy, the scholar of the Lin family carried her all the way to the tree at the entrance of the village, and then led her daughter-in-law back home.

From now on, Li Lanlan will be the wife of the Lin family.